Orissa government on Wednesday halted the land acquisition process overnight for Posco`s Rs 51,000 crore mega steel project near here after facing stiff opposition from villagers. "The land acquisition and verification work, which beg
12.10 pm - Lok Sabha adjourned till 11.00 am on 30.07.2010. 11.14 am - Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha adjourn till noon as opposition stall proceedings in both Houses over price-rise. Parl
Fissures in opposition unity came to the fore in the Lok Sabha today with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad making a veiled attack on BJP President Nitin Gadkari for targetting him and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav over the issue of CBI probe against them.
The fuel price hike continued to haunt parliament that was adjourned for the second day on Wednesday and the opposition vowed not to relent on Thursday either even as Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar and Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari rejected the
Much to the chagrin of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has put on the back burner the issue of his home minister and close aide Amit Shah`s arrest by CBI. It is not that the BJP no longer wants to de
South Korean steel major, POSCO, has begun acquiring land for its Rs 54,000 crore plant in Orissa in gross violation of law. Firstly, its MoU with the Orissa government lapsed on June 22 this year and hence, the project has no legal status
At a time when most Indian cities are being damned for infrastructural problems, this comes as a much-needed cheer . With a handling capacity of 1.5 crore to 2.5 crore passengers per year, Mumbai’s airport - Chhatrapati Shivaji Internatio
The opposition parties may, at first glance, seem unreasonable and worse by paralysing parliament for the second consecutive day today with their insistence on an adjournment motion that entails voting to discuss the issue of price rise. B
Compounding the problems for Hockey India, the Bombay High Court today stayed the HI elections for three weeks on a petition filed by Mumbai Hockey Association. MHA lawyer Vijendra Jabra told PTI that a stay has been granted on the electio
Pressing for admission of an adjournment motion on price rise issue, opposition today slammed the government in the Lok Sabha for its "failure" to control the hike. In an impassioned plea to the chair to take up the notice
The Delhi high court today came down heavily on the central government for not complying with its order regarding recognition of Hockey India (HI) and said that elections in it might be postponed. Despite the high court`s order that HI is
Government is actively considering reservation for Muslims through the Other Backward Castes (OBC) route, minority affairs minister Salman Khurshid has said. "We are actively looking at the reservation issue. We have a commitment in o
02.23 pm - Speaker Meira Kumar rejects move for adjournment motion saying price-rise is a sensitive issue and may be discussed in any form other than the adjournmnet mottion. 01.13 pm - Rajya Sabha adjourn
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday signed the files to promote 43 IAS officers of the 1980 batch as additional secretaries to the Government of India. On Tuesday the prime minister consulted his aide TKA Nair and c
The metro line from Central Secretariat to Jahangirpuri remained disrupted for almost one-and-a-half hours on Tuesday following some technical snag. The panto (device installed on the engine of the train from where power is supplied to the
Furious with National Sports Federations for not complying with its tenure and age limitation guidelines, the sports ministry today threatened to deny annual recognition to NSFs which refuse to fall in line. In a written reply to a
The Orissa government today began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as a central team termed the process as "illegal" saying that the Forest Rights Act had been violate
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi today hit back at former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar for his scathing criticism of the upcoming event, saying the senior Congress leader`s comments are "irresponsible"
The Central Vigilance Commission is examining all construction work related to Commonwealth Games being undertaken by civic agencies following complaints of alleged large-scale corruption. The anti-corruption watchdog has also decided to f
Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah, a retired IAS officer of J&K cadre, is heading for a World Bank assignment post retirement. He has been named one of the three members of the World Bank`s first Appeals Board set up ea
